#E55558#E55558

#E55558 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.179 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55558
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 88)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 56.02, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 62.85, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1655 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.179 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3266, 23.8646, 11.8714)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55558 #55E5E2

analogous

#E555A0 #E55558 #E59A55

triadic

#E55558 #58E555 #5558E5

tetradic

#E55558 #A0E555 #55E5E2 #9A55E5

square

#E55558 #A0E555 #55E5E2 #9A55E5

split-complementary

#E55558 #55E59A #55A0E5

monochromatic

#A6191C #DB2225 #E55558 #ED8A8C #F5BFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E55558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E55558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55558

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55558	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.179 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b87',
    500: '#e55558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55558;
$custom-light: #f48b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.17911,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55558

secondary

#B0E6E5

accent

#D6D110

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55558

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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